* [PATCH] net: gianfar: fix use-after-free in gfar_enet_open on startup_gfar failure
@ 2026-07-04 23:47 Rosen Penev
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From: Rosen Penev @ 2026-07-04 23:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: Claudiu Manoil, Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, open list
If startup_gfar() fails in gfar_enet_open(), the PHY remains connected
and IRQs remain requested. Since ndo_open returned an error, IFF_UP is
not set and ndo_stop (gfar_close) will not be called on unregister,
leaving the IRQ handlers registered against freed net_device memory
when the driver is removed.
Add proper error unwinding: phy_disconnect() and gfar_free_irq() before
returning the error.
Fixes: 80ec396cb6b5 ("gianfar: Don't free/request irqs on device reset")
Assisted-by: Opencode:Big-Pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 89215e1ddc2d..4b3a5eaadfb5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -2878,8 +2878,11 @@ static int gfar_enet_open(struct net_device *dev)
return err;
err = startup_gfar(dev);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ phy_disconnect(dev->phydev);
+ gfar_free_irq(priv);
return err;
+ }
return err;
}
--
2.55.0
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